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Monthly Archives: February 2012

Feb. 29, 2012

One of the highlights yesterday in Barcelona was Eric Schmidt’s keynote address. Schmidt always entertains, and as former CEO and current chairman at Google we’re usually listening when he speaks. At Mobile World Congress this year, Schmidt was focused on one thing —…

Feb. 29, 2012

Awwwwww, the Samsung Galaxy Mini 2is a cute little bugger. It’s a little bizarre going from a world of 5-inch-plus smartphones down to the diminutive Galaxy Mini 2, but darned if it doesn’t feel kinda nice in the hand, kinda like…

Feb. 29, 2012

There are those who swear by the 10-inch tablet, and then there are those who say that the smaller size is the only way to go. Samsung’s brought out new hardware for both, with the newly announced Galaxy Tab 2 (10.1-inch),…

Feb. 29, 2012

We snagged a few minutes with the all-new car dock app on the HTC One series phones. Let’s not beat around the bush here — it’s easily the best car app we’ve seen on an Android smartphone, bar none. You start off…

Feb. 28, 2012

Panasonic have unveiled the Eluga Power, a bigger, better Eluga flagship. It has a 5″ 1280 x 720 LCD display, a dual-core Snapdragon S4 processor, Android 4.0 and 8 GB of on-board storage among others. The handset is IP57-certified, meaning it’s dust…

Feb. 28, 2012

Orange is building up its Android lineup with some of the hottest MWC debuts and an Intel-powered droid of their own. The HTC One X and One S are headed to Orange UK, which will also get an exclusive white…

Feb. 28, 2012

Intel is serious about getting a piece of the handheld action this time – they announced two new processors and chipsets to join what’s already powering the likes of the Lenovo K800 and the Orange Santa Clara The first processor is called Atom…

Feb. 28, 2012

About a month after it was seeded to developers for testing, the v1.2 update for MeeGo goes live. The update weighs in at 284MB and it may take a while to install (up to 40 minutes according to Nokia). But it’s…

Feb. 27, 2012

So we’re already had the predicted Lumia 610 and European 900 announced at MWC, but what about handsets from other manufacturers? We’ve had the Microsoft team work hard lowering the requirements for smartphones to run the OS, but still provide a butter smooth experience,…

Feb. 27, 2012

On the heels of Nokia announcing that the Lumia 900 Windows Phone would be headed to Rogers, the Canadian wireless provider announced a bit of news themselves. Rogers launched their LTE Network to St. John’s being the first to provide LTE speeds…